LIEGE
DRUNK 1

"Rin, where's elo? Aunty Yuna said you haven't come home yet. It's 2pm, Rin." Ardian spoke on the phone with Erina.

"Why is my life so sad? Why did God punish me? Why Di? Whyaaa?!" Erina's voice rattled. From her tone Ardian knew that Erina was drunk.

Samar Ardian heard the sound of music pounding. Hearing that Ardian knew that Erina was going clubbing. **t! Where the hell's he going? There are so many clubs that they usually go to all over the city.

"Rin, where's elo? Don't go anywhere. Wait me! I'll pick you up." Instead of getting an answer, Erina hung up.

Aaargh, I'd go crazy like this. The shadow as he found Erina dying from an overdose flashed back in his eyes. Ardian hit his desk hard. Please, don't be weird Rin. I won't be able to do it if you repeat that again. Don't stay with me.

Ardian rushes to get his jacket and car keys. Fortunately, he had not slept when Yuna called him

FLASHBACKS

"A.. Ardians!" There was a panicked voice of a woman on the phone. Ardian glanced at his watch. At 01:50 in the morning. What did aunty Yuna contact me? Did something happen to Erina?

"Yes aunty, what's wrong?" Ardian tried to calm down even though suddenly his chest felt something bad.

"Di, is Erina with you?"

"Erina? Not aunty. He said he wanted to have dinner with Daffa. Is Erina not home yet?"

"Not In. She was picked up by Daffa and until now she has not been home."

"Maybe they went somewhere else, to the beach or to Daffa's villa."

"There's no way they would do something like that."

"Please calm down aunty. They are both adults and they are engaged, even soon to be married. So it's not strange that they ... "

"It's impossible in. Aunty had asked her mother Daffa and said Daffa had been home since 11." Yuna's voice sounded panicked.

"Silence aunty. Does uncle exist?"

"Your uncle's going to Texas, because Grandpa's in the hospital." Yuna started to sob. "Please help aunty find Erina. Aunty's feeling bad since."

"Maybe Erina went home to her apartment. Let Ardian look there. Hopefully the door password hasn't been replaced."

"Yes, please check there. Thanks to you Di. Sorry aunty bothered you."

"It's okay aunty. Ardian will call aunty when he meets with Erina."

FLASHBACK OFF

And now Ardian is in Erina's apartment that feels empty. When he arrived, the apartment was in a dark state, indicating this apartment was uninhabited. Ardian turned on the lights. The apartment looks nice. Even though it was not inhabited for a long time but the apartment seemed to be well maintained. This must be because aunty Yuna always stopped by here every week.

Ardian checked the bedroom. There was no sign of Erina there or stopping by. Seeing a medium-sized bed in the middle of the bedroom brings up an old story in Ardian's mind. He still remembered how he found Erina in such a miserable condition on the bed. Bottles of sleeping pills that were less than half and partly scattered on the bed. On the nightstand is a bottle of wishkey whose contents are almost exhausted. Meanwhile Erina was lying on the bed with a condition that could be said to be near death. Ardian called the hospital. While waiting for the hospital to arrive, Ardian continued to try to resuscitate Erina by patting her cheek.

That kind of flash of memory is what worries Ardian. He was afraid that Erina would experience something similar after her encounter with Daffa. Ardian has no idea what the end of the conversation will be. But he got a hunch the results were not so good.

When Ardian was still disturbed to look at the bed, suddenly entered a call. Erina's. Ardian picked up the phone and that's when he heard Erina whining. Oh my god, what this girl did. Is it back to its old habits? Lamat Ardian can hear the thump of music as a background.

Shit, where am I supposed to find this girl? Ardian hurried to leave Erina's apartment. Along the way he thought about which club Erina was at. Aaargh.. c'mon thought, Where does Erina usually go when upset, orders her brain. When his brain was busy thinking, suddenly came a call from Denny, a bartender who worked at the club they often went to.

"..............."

"Oh, okay Den. I'll be right there. Please look out for Erina. Don't let him do anything weird or anything bothers him."

After closing the conversation, Ardian fled his car to the club that Erina visited. Fortunately, in the early hours of the day, the streets were empty. Not half an hour until Ardian.

It is true that in the club that seems still crowded Erina looks engrossed in shrieking her body in the middle of the men. Ardian clenched his hand and rushed to Erina.

"Hey, line up!" it sounded as if one of the men was reprimanding in an unhappy tone. Ardian noticed the 4 men surrounding Erina. Everyone was drunk, including Erina.

"Hello Iaaang," said Erina who looked stoned. Erina wrapped her hands around Ardian's neck and struggled spoiled. Then he invited Ardian to move following the stomping music.

"Who are you?" A man tried to pull Erina towards him. The man looks angry.

"Gue's fiancee. What do you want?" without much thought Ardian said that then he immediately wrapped his hands around the girl's waist, holding her back so that the man could not pull Erina.

Erina was not much help. In a stoned condition, the girl instead menc*** Ardian lips with passion. Erina's behavior was met with cheers from the young men who surrounded her. Ardian tried to remove Erina's lip, but Erina held her head. Finally Ardian managed to release the c***an. He lifts Erina's body to the bartender's table.

"Den, usual." Ardian ordered a drink. Let how he needs to relieve the emotional tension he felt since receiving a call from Yuna to end up with a ci**an from Erina.

"Boss, I'm not as strong as usual. You have to drive, right?"

"Thanks Den."

"Together the boss."

"Who is he coming with? What time" asked Ardian after chugging a drink that felt like burning his throat.

"on its own. Half hour 12. He looked messed up when he entered the club" Denny replied. "Gue saw him cry. Mask's messy. He ordered a double. Not just once, but many times. I haven't seen him here in a long time."

***! He hasn't had a drink in a long time. It's worth a bad hangover. Ardian noticed Erina's clothes looking messy. Did those bastards touch his body? ardian thought furiously.

"Den, make it again for me. Doubles."

"But boss..."

"Don't worry, I won't get drunk." Ardian immediately downed his drink. Meanwhile Erina's head drooped on the bar table. Ardian looked at Erina with various feelings raging in his mind. Rin, elo why? It must be because of Daffa. Why are you so unlucky in a relationship?

"Boss, you take Erin home. He was unconscious again. I'm afraid he's asking for another drink if he's conscious. You know how Erin gets drunk."

"But those guys didn't say anything about him, did they?"

"Gue wasn't so attentive, boss. You know myself I'm busy serving customers," Elak Denny. What he said is true. "But he hasn't been down long. He was sitting here."

Ardian was a little relieved to hear Denny's words. May the drunkards not touch Erina's body.

"Den, I'm back. Thanks for calling me directly."

Ardian carried Erina's body on his shoulders. Of course, it attracts the attention of other visitors. They were boisterous cheering. Ardian doesn't care about any of that. He brought her back to his apartment.

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